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Author Heywood, Linda M. (Linda Marinda), 1945- author

Title Njinga of Angola : Africa's warrior queen / Linda M. Heywood
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The Ndongo kingdom and the Portuguese invasion -- Crisis and the rise of Njinga -- A defiant queen -- Treacherous politics -- Warfare and diplomacy -- A balancing act -- On the way to the ancestors
Summary One of history's most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-295) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 27, 2020)
Subject Nzinga, Queen of Matamba, 1582-1663.
SUBJECT Nzinga, Queen of Matamba, 1582-1663 fast
Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
Kings and rulers
SUBJECT Angola -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Angola -- History -- 1482-1648. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005111
Angola -- History -- 1648-1885. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005112
Subject Angola
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016044098
ISBN 9780674979055
0674979052
0674979060
9780674979062